Driv3r (Driver 3)

Over the last couple of days, this has been the main game that I have been playing. This game was released back in 2003 for various platforms such as the PS2, Xbox, PC and Nintendo's GBA. The story line is quite short but, very in depth and remains almost exactly the same across the different platforms. Though, the story line is seemly short for a game this well designed, the missions within the 'Undercover' mode can be very challenging. When I first played the game, I found myself restarting missions many times so that I could progress further. Going back to the story, the game shows you how it is all going to end at the very start. The undercover story mode, is built as the progression to the ending in which you have already seen at the very start.

It is easy to compare this game with the Grand Theft Auto series because of the ability to use weapons which are unnamed in the game yet, easily recognizable.Guns such as the M1911 Pistol and the AK-47. You may be asking 'Well, if there is just a story mode then why are you saying that this game can be compared to the Grand Theft Auto series?'. Well, there is an alternative free play option which lets you roam around one of the *three cities (the third has to be unlocked though story mode). On the back of the case, there is some text that reads 'Good. Bad. Both', to me this suggests that you can chose how you want Tanner to behave. The free play option is listed on the menu as, 'Take a drive' which doesn't hint at anything specially other than driving. With the cities being as detailed as they are on the PS2, Xbox and PC games, it is very relaxing to just driver around and discover new places based around real locations of the world. If you look at the real maps of these cities and then compare them to the game, they are very closely matched minus a few streets and exact details.

I thoroughly enjoy this game (even if I did get stuck many times). This game has so much to offer. I mainly play the PS2 version but, I recently brought into the GBA version. As you can imaging, on a smaller console the graphics are not the same at all though for a GBA the graphics are ok even though they can be hard to work with. The GBA version offers the same feature just with less great graphics by miles, that is my summary.

Definitely worth buying!